Earls Colne, High Street 1961
Photo ref: E67027
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Photo ref: E67027
Photo of Earls Colne, High Street 1961

More about this scene

Earls Colne is a large industrial village on the A604: silk-winding, brick-making, seed-growing, and iron-founding have all taken place here. The Lion is a 16th-century building that may have once been a market house - facing, as it does, onto the market place. Note the proliferation of television aerials in this scene.

A Selection of Memories from Earls Colne

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Earls Colne

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I attended the grammar school 1936-9. Whilst waiting for buses home I used to talk to the local blacksmith. I said to him ,"My granddad uised to be a smith" When I told him my surname was `King` he asked "Was he Tom King ?" I did not know as my relative had died when I was two but asked "Why?" I was told "All smiths named King were `Tom` Many years later checking the family tree I found it was correct ,three ...see more